The Skye Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Eilein Sgitheanaich) is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island...
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village of Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two villages until it was replaced by the Skye Bridge, about a mile (2 km) to the west...
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The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (/skaɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands...
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A87 road (category Isle of Skye)
before crossing the Skye Bridge to Kyleakin, Broadford, and Portree, before terminating at Uig in the north of the Isle of Skye. Its total length is...
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Drumfearn (Skye) Drynoch (Skye) Dunan (Skye) Duntulm (Skye) Dunvegan (Skye) Edinbane (Skye) Elgol (Skye) Ellishadder (Skye) Eynort (Skye) Eyre (Skye) Fasach...
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Portree (category Populated places in the Isle of Skye)
the population) can speak Scottish Gaelic. Portree is connected to the Skye Bridge by the A87 road, which then leads northwards to Uig. The A855 road also...
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Parliament purchased the Skye Bridge from its owners in late 2004, ending the requirement to pay an unpopular expensive toll to cross to Skye from the mainland...
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ferry provides access to the Tarbat peninsula. The Skye Bridge links Kyle of Lochalsh to the isle of Skye. Various buses operated by Stagecoach Group link...
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Eilean Bàn (category Skye and Lochalsh)
Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in the historic county of Ross and Cromarty in the Highland local government area. The Skye Bridge uses the island as a stepping-stone...
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construction of the 2,300-tonne bridge footings for the Skye Bridge that links Kyle of Lochalsh with the Isle of Skye. The 120 m quayside, which is split...
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difficulties" off the Isle of Skye while on trials, after eyewitnesses reported the submarine had run aground a few miles from the Skye Bridge. There were no reports...
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John Farquhar Munro (category People from Skye and Lochalsh)
quickly enough). He was prominent within the parliament in opposing the Skye Bridge tolls, to the extent of threatening to resign from the Lib Dems if they...
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was made for BBC Alba documenting the battle to remove tolls from the Skye bridge. The 1973 film, The Wicker Man, is set on the fictional Hebridean island...
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List of islands of Scotland (section Bridged islands)
are connected to Lewis and Harris. Inner Hebrides Skye is connected to the mainland by the Skye Bridge which now incorporates Eilean Bàn. Eilean Donan by...
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Lochalsh (category Skye and Lochalsh)
Kyleakin on the adjacent island of Skye. A ferry used to connect the two settlements but was replaced by the Skye Bridge in 1995. The earliest known inhabitants...
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Kyleakin (category Populated places in the Isle of Skye)
Gaelic: Caol Àcain) is a village situated on the east coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The village is along the strait of Kyle...
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in Paultons Square in London. Eilean Bàn now supports a pier of the Skye Bridge, built during the 1990s. Despite modern traffic a hundred feet or so...
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list of cantilever bridges ranks the world's cantilever bridges by the length of their main span. A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers:...
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Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for significant road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Significant railway bridges are listed...
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south-west corner of Broadford Bay, on the A87 between Portree and the Skye Bridge. The settlement is overlooked by the Red Cuillin. The mineral harkerite...
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List of Inner Hebrides (section Skye group)
Clachan Bridge from Argyll to Seil was designed by Thomas Telford and dates from 1792. Skye has been connected to Kyle of Lochalsh by the Skye Bridge since...
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Britannia Bridge Kingsferry Bridge Jubilee Bridge Skye Bridge Michaelson Road Bridge Langstone Bridge Menai Suspension Bridge Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge Lindisfarne...
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part of the late 17th century boundary changes. Eilean Bàn from the Skye Bridge, looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh Shag birds on Longa Island The Isle...
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A850 in Borve to Uig. Became an extension of the A87 in 1995 when the Skye Bridge was opened. A857 Stornoway, Isle of Lewis Port Nis, Isle of Lewis A858...
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arrangements for the Skye Bridge and were advisers on the options regarding privatisation of water facilities in Scotland. The Skye bridge deal was the first...
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crossing to Uig on the Inner Hebridean island of Skye, and hence to the mainland via the Skye Bridge. Ferry services from the islands of Berneray (linked...
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Corran in the south. Since the opening of the Skye Bridge, increasing numbers of pupils from South Skye, who would have traditionally gone to Portree...
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March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend. 1995 – The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened. 1996 – Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are...
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